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FINLAND

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• SUOMI IN FINNISH
• BECAME INDEPENDENT IN 1917
• POPULATION: 5,3 MILLION
La bandera nacional

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• CAPITAL:HELSINKI (561,000 INHABITANTS)
• OTHER BIG CITIES TAMPERE, TURKU AND
OULU
• TOTAL AREA OVER 338,000 SQUARE
KILOMETERS
• NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES: SWEDEN,
NORWAY AND RUSSIA

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CLIMATE
• AVERAGE TEMPERATURE PER SEASON IN
CELSIUS
– WINTER BELOW 0°(SOMETIMES -20, EVEN -30) C
– SPRING BETWEEN 0°C -10°C
– SUMMER BETWEEN 15°C - 30°C
– AUTUMN BELOW 10°C
• ON THE WEST COAST THE CLIMATE IS A
BIT MILDER THAT IN FINLAND IN GENERAL

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LANGUAGE
• THERE ARE 2 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
SPOKEN:
FINNISH AND SWEDISH

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GOVERNMENT
• FINLAND IS A REPUBLIC AND HAS A
PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
• THE CURRENT PRESIDENT IS TARJA
HALONEN
• THE PRESIDENCY LASTS FOR A TERM
OF 6 YEARS

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RELIGION
• 82.4 % OF THE POPULATION IS
LUTHERAN
• 1.1 % OF THE POPULATION IS
ORTHODOX

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ECONOMY
• FINLAND HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE EU
SINCE 1995
• FINLAND HAS THE EURO CURRENCY
SINCE 2002
• THE MAIN FIELDS OF INDUSTRY ARE
ELECTRONICS, MACHINERY, ENGINEERED
METAL PRODUCTS, FOREST INDUSTRY,
AND CHEMICALS

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Los finlandeses famosos

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La sauna es un ritual
absolutamente natural para
cualquier finlandés

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Después de San Juan los finlandeses se trasladan a sus
residencias de verano. Uno de cada cuatro finlandeses
tiene una cabaña de verano, el mökki. Después de la
sauna se dan un chapuzón en el lago y culminan la
sesión con cerveza y salchichas.

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• http://www.virtual.finland.fi

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• http://www.finland.fi
• http://www.visitfinland.com
• http://uuno.tamk.fi